Read full poem →"I will go where I am wanted, for the sergeant does not mind;
He may be sick to see me but he treats me very kind:
He gives me beer and breakfast and a ribbon for my cap,
Dictionary Entry
An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
In a Sentence
“Here are some healthy Halloween treats for ghouls and witches of all ages.”
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “treats”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →When numerous wax-lights in bright order blaze,
While nymphs take treats, or assignations give,
So long my honour, name, and praise shall live!'
Read full poem →* This short copy (which seems wrote with a sincerity not common in complimentary
poems) treats Beaumont not only as an excellent critic, but as an excellent poet; and is an
answer to Beaumont's letter to Jonson. Seward.
Read full poem →Christocentric sense, Luther maintained, was plainly stated by Christ himself Further, he
recognized that while all Scripture treats of Christ, not all of Scripture speaks equally
plainly about Christ
Read full poem →Shakespeare when he enlarged and rewrote the “Contention” plays (a
and 5 Henry F/) , so that this play treats characters other than the single
Marlovian hero-figure. But by the end of it he is back with his hero
Read full poem →subjects, there may be found some slight coincidence[f] in the first
part, which treats of the Peninsula, but it can only be casual; as, with
the exception of a few concluding stanzas, the whole of the poem was
Read full poem →into literature. His ride forms the subject of an _Orientale_ (1829) by
Victor Hugo, who treats Byron's theme symbolically; and the romance of
his old age, his love for his god-daughter Matréna, with its tragical
Read full poem →humorous and satirical pieces; when, in 1694, Molesworth published his
“Account of Denmark,” in which he treats the Danes and their monarch with
great contempt; and takes the opportunity of insinuating those wild